Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio
Text by Laura Tohe

Scott Hendricks (baritone)*,
Phoenix Symphony Chorus†.
(Chorus Master: Gregory Gentry)
The Phoenix Symphony, Michael Christie
(Music Director: Virginia G. Piper)


The Phoenix Symphony enjoys a long history of premièring new works that bridge gaps between Western art music and Native cultures.

Hailed as ‘a master’, Mark Grey (b. 1967) “is a composer as well as a sound engineer, and what he is up to has far-reaching implications for the direction that classical music will take this century.” Los Angeles Times.

This recording of Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio is of the world première performance of the first oratorio based on an indigenous North American creation story.

“Mark Grey’s score is perfectly crafted, impeccably paced, beautifully scored” The Arizona Republic